Course Name: Waves and Oscillations

Course abstract

This is a first course on the physics of waves and oscillations. All of our communication gadgets, musical instruments, electronic devices rely on wave phenomena. In this course, systematic theoretical background to the understanding of wave phenomenon in a wide spectrum of applications will be covered. Emphasis is placed on how theoretica ideas are applied in practice.


Course Instructor

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Prof.M. S. Santhanam

M. S. Santhanam is an associate professor of physics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. His research interests are in the areas of chaos and nonlinear dynamcs, quantum chaos and statistical physics. He has obtained Ph.D in theoretical physics working at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. He had been a post-doctoral fellow at Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany. He has taught undergraduate and Masters students for about 11 years now since 2008.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

Rushil Balasubramanian

BS-MS

 Course Duration : Jul-Oct 2019
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 15-May-2019 to 05-Aug-2019
 Exam registration : 01-Jun-2019 to 30-Sep-2019
 Exam Date : 17-Nov-2019, 17-Nov-2019

Enrolled

2311

Registered

90

Certificate Eligible

51

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Silver

7

Elite

18

Successfully completed

26

Participation

16

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • FINAL SCORE (Score on Certificate) = 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.
Waves and Oscillations - Toppers list

ARUNABHA MONDAL 86%

RAMAKRISHNA MISSION RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)

PRANJAL SRIVASTAVA 84%

AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH LUCKNOW CAMPUS, LUCKNOW

AKAASH SRIKANTH 80%

Vellore Institute of Technology

RAHUL KUMAR 79%

YMCA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

PUSKAR PRAMANIK 78%

RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIVEKANADA CENTENARY COLLEGE

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 2311

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 90

Assignment Statistics



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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.